Natfhe strikes ahead
Lecturers' union Natfhe has pledged more industrial action as it seeks local agreements at further education colleges after the breakdown of national contracts talks. The union refused a last-minute...
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Pensions claimed
The AUT this week urged part-time lecturers in the old universities to lodge claims for retrospective pensions rights by May 3l. This follows a Government amendment to the l993 Pensions Act which now...
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AUT accepts 2.7 per cent
University lecturers have accepted a 2.7 per cent pay rise and claimed victory in their campaign against sweeping changes to their salary structure. David Triesman, general secretary of the...
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Kickstart for small business
Small firms are to be the main beneficiaries of a host of measures to boost the competitiveness of British industry. They will get the lion's share of Pounds 200 million, of which Pounds 125 million...
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Bubble trouble
No smiles at Glasgow University, whose staff newsletter offered champagne for replying to a questionnaire. But instead of replies, it was objections that fizzed in to the next newsletter: "I find it...
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Union chief predicts recruitment crisis . . .
Old universities are likely to face a major recruitment crisis in the next four years because of a retirement bulge and poor academic pay, Peter Breeze, president of the Association of University...
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Wellcome guards its property
The Wellcome Trust plans to set up a technology transfer company to exploit intellectual property rights associated with research work it backs in universities. The idea was floated by the Wellcome...
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Glaxo gift will reopen property debate
A new laboratory at Bradford University funded by pharmaceutical giant Glaxo has reopened the debate over ownership of intellectual property rights in joint ventures between academics and industry....
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Internet service
The THES Internet Service, carries details of the contents of this week's newspaper including all job advertisements, quality assessments for teaching and research and other information. It is...
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Going west
Ron Johnston, who is to retire as vice chancellor of Essex University at the end of the academic year, has been appointed professor of geography at Bristol University. Ivor Crewe, professor of...
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Humber on board
The University of Humberside has replaced Nottingham Trent University in the project to establish a University of Lincolnshire. The plan is to admit the first 500 students in autumn 1996....
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The Union chief predicts recruitment crisis . . . while OU takes on 33 new tech staff
The Open University is taking on 33 new staff in one of its largest recruitment drives since it was set up just over 25 years ago. The jobs are aimed at helping the university harness new...
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Extra special
Bill Styles, council chairman of the Royal College of General Practitioners, reveals in the latest British Medical Association News Review that while he was a student at St Mary's Hospital Medical...
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Graham Gibbs